Threshold and resilience management of coupled urbanization and water environmental system in the rapidly changing coastal region

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 208, Issue , 2016, Pages 87-95

  Li, Yangfan ^a   Li, Yi ^b,d   Wu, Wei ^c  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental threshold; Landscape metrics; Rapid urbanization; Resilience management; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS; URBAN GROWTH; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL THRESHOLD; LANDSCAPE METRICS; LANDSCAPE THRESHOLDS; NONLINEAR RELATIONS; RAPID URBANIZATIONS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY VARIABLES;

DECISION MAKING;

WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

COASTAL ZONE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; SUBURBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL THRESHOLD; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; URBANIZATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA;

CHINA; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS; URBANIZATION; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84959109591     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.08.042     Document Type: Article

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